Nirvikalpaka Pratyaksha (study)
by Sujit Roy | 2013 | 40,056 words
This essay studies Nirvikalpaka Pratyaksha or 鈥淚ndeterminate perception鈥� primarily based on Nyaya Philosophy and Bauddha philosophy. Pratyaksa is that cognition which is produced by the contact of a sense organ with an object. It is a direct cognition of reality which is not derived through the medium or instrumentality of any other cognition....
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Chapter 5a - Nirvikalpaka Pratyak峁 according to C膩rv膩ka
According to the 颁腻谤惫腻办补蝉 辫谤补迟测补办峁 is the only 辫谤补尘腻峁嘺. There is no other 辫谤补尘腻峁嘺 and there is no object of cognition which is not percept. The objects of 辫谤补迟测补办峁 are those that are made of 肠补迟耻谤产丑奴迟补诲谤补惫测补蝉 i.e. earth (办峁迟颈), water (ap), fire (agni), and air (惫腻测耻).[1] These objects can be known only through sense-organs. The 颁腻谤惫腻办补蝉 do not refer the two stages of 辫谤补迟测补办峁 i.e. nirvikalpaka and savikalpaka.
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Collected from S. Radhakishnan鈥檚 鈥�Indian Philosophy鈥�, Vol-I, p. 279.